Employment involving serving pork on a ship

Question

Question: I am a Muslim who prays; in accordance with the Islamic creed I do not partake of pork, wine and other vain things. But I am a family man and poor, and I work as a cook on a ship. Wine, pork and other things are provided for the passengers by the company, and I serve them in my capacity as an employee. Are these earnings of mine lawful for me in the Shari‘a or not?

Answer

Your bringing or cooking and serving haram things is a sin (ma‘siya) and haram, but the salary of the employment is not haram.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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